A partially Off-Topic post, since it is not about vintage perfumes, but in this Christmas atmosphere could be useful. How is Oud fashionable in these days ? A lot, and perhaps too much..."Oud" is, in very simple words, (and I will attract the wrath of the experts), a kind of oil extracted from an Asian tree, and its aroma could be compared to something halfway incense and resin. The real Oud is very rare and very expensive, while the synthetic...
Saturday, 30 November 2013
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Christmas 2013...
Posted on November 28, 2013 by niten

Here you can see what happened during Christmas when perfumes have poor sales.Overwhelmed with heavy discounts (prices in Eur...
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Quantifying the amount of a perfume.
Posted on November 26, 2013 by niten

Quantifying perfume inside bottles: a practical method.You bought a perfume or a tester in a non-sealed bottle, or an "used" one.Or you bought online a perfume sold as "new" and "mint", and you want to check it.Is the perfume you bought really "new"? Or, if it's "used", how much perfume does it remain in the bottle?When the bottle is transparent, there are no difficulties: simply you can see through the bottle, and have an idea if the bottle is full,...
Thought of the Day (26th Nov 2013)
Posted on November 26, 2013 by niten

"When I started my interest in perfumes, I remember people said: 'Guerlain? Ah, these Guerlain scents, today.... are not as good as they used to be'. Well, this happened in 1975.Today, a perfume by Guerlain dated 'year 1975' could be considered as liquid gold".(Luca Turin)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Quando cominciai ad interessarmi di profumi, ricordo molto bene che si diceva:...
Sunday, 24 November 2013
Guerlain LIDGE: reformulated? A 5-samples blind test.
Posted on November 24, 2013 by niten

L' Instant De Guerlain Extreme pour Homme (i.e. LIDGE), is the "Eau de Parfum version" of L'Instant de Guerlain (LIDG), two men's fragrances contending the "Trophy of Rivalry" with "Dior Homme" highly-acclaimed twins. But let's face it, both Dior and Guerlain are excellent, and none is better than the other.What we want to investigate about, however, is the (alleged) "LIDGE reformulation", which (allegedly) took place at an unspecified time,...
Saturday, 23 November 2013
Keep your Eyes closed.
Posted on November 23, 2013 by niten
Try an experiment: in a crowded and noisy room, try to listen to the person in front of you, keeping your eyes open, and then keeping your eyes closed. Is there any difference ?Of course: you get the impression to hear better.How is this possible?Thousands of pages have been written about this phenomenon of "enhancement"; in a nutshell, reducing the amount of multiple informations to your brain, you can "focus" more on something specific. For example,...
Friday, 22 November 2013
OPIUM: Vintage Bottles Parade.
Posted on November 22, 2013 by niten
"It will be the Greatest, andwe will call it Opium" (Yves Saint Laurent, 1976)A show trying to identify Opium bottles through the years.(Warning: for more infos about YSL batch-numbers and codes, see here )OPIUM date launch: year 1977.Status: still in production. 1977- 1986: Bottles and boxes with "Yves Saint Laurent, Paris" label style1986- 1993: Bottles and boxes with "YSL Parfums Corp." and/or "N.Y, Paris" label1993- 1999:...
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